Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

The Digital Humanities Working Group could not be more pleased that Kathleen Fitzpatrick, a pioneer in developing new forms for scholarly publication, will speak on the topics of “Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy” as the keynote speaker at Fordham’s annual Faculty Technology Day. Sponsored by Fordham’s Instructional Technologies | Academic Computing Group, Dr. Fitzpatrick’s talk will consider the impact of digital technologies on publishing and the academy.

Dr. Fitzpatrick is a Professor of Media Studies at Claremont College and the author of The Anxiety of Obsolescence: The American Novel in the Age of Television (Vanderbilt University Press, 2006), and of Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy, forthcoming from NYU Press and previously made available for open peer review online. She is co-founder of the digital scholarly network MediaCommons. In mid-April MediaCommons and New York University Press were awarded a major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in support of a year-long study of peer-to-peer (P2P) review. Fitzpatrick was also recently appointed as director of the newly created Office of Scholarly Communication at the Modern Language Association.

Faculty Technology Day runs from 9:30–5:00 pm on Monday, May 16th at Fordham’s Lincoln Center Campus, Lowenstein Building, 12th floor. Fitzpatrick’s keynote is scheduled for 10:00 am. The Lowenstein Building is on the northwest corner of 60th Street and Ninth Avenue. ID is required for entry. This event is free, but registration is recommended. Map: Fordham University–Lincoln Center.